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Phil Brown

Phil Brown

Acting April 30, 1916 (89 years old) February 9, 2006 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Philip Mortimer Brown was an American actor and director. After majoring in dramatics at Stanford University where he was a Brother of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Brown played some of his earliest stage roles as part of New York's Group Theater. When it folded, he and other Group Theatre veterans headed to Hollywood, where Brown worked in motion pictures and helped found the fabled Actors' Laboratory. In 1946, he played Ernest Hemingway's famous protagonist Nick Adams in Robert Siodmak's version of The Killers, alongside William Conrad and Charles McGraw as the titular "killers". His association with the Lab came back to haunt him later in the decade, when its members fell under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Although he was not a communist, Brown was blacklisted in 1952, and was eventually compelled to relocate with his family to England between 1953 and 1993. Overseas he was able to resume acting on stage, TV and films; he also directed for the stage and TV. He was best known for his role as Luke Skywalker's uncle, Owen Lars, in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). He returned to the United States in the 1990s and in later years made the rounds of autograph shows. Phil Brown died of pneumonia on February 9, 2006 at the age of 89.

Movies 41

Star Wars 8.2

Star Wars

as Uncle Owen

1977
Superman 7.2

Superman

as State Senator

1978
Chaplin 7.4

Chaplin

as Projectionist

1992
The Pink Panther Strikes Again 6.9

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

as Virginia Senator

1976
A King in New York 6.7

A King in New York

as Headmaster

1957
The Killers 7.4

The Killers

as Nick Adams (uncredited)

1946
Twilight's Last Gleaming 6.5

Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Rev. Cartwright

1977
Tropic of Cancer 5.0

Tropic of Cancer

as Van Norden

1970
The Bedford Incident 7.0

The Bedford Incident

as Chief Hospitalman Mckinley - Sick Bay

1965
Valdez Is Coming 6.3

Valdez Is Coming

as Malson

1971
The Counterfeit Traitor 6.5

The Counterfeit Traitor

as Harold Murray (uncredited)

1962
The Luck of the Irish 6.1

The Luck of the Irish

as Tom Higginbotham

1948
H.M. Pulham, Esq. 7.1

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Joe Bingham

1941
Hello, Annapolis 8.5

Hello, Annapolis

as Kansas City

1942
The Camp on Blood Island 6.7

The Camp on Blood Island

as Lt. Peter Bellamy

1958
Obsession 6.8

Obsession

as Bill Kronin

1949
Johnny O'Clock 6.3

Johnny O'Clock

as Phil, Hotel Clerk

1947
Land Raiders 5.6

Land Raiders

as Sheriff John Mayfield

1969
Moonrise 6.4

Moonrise

as Elmer - Soda Jerk

1948
State Fair 6.6

State Fair

as Harry Ware

1945
Scalawag 5.9

Scalawag

as Sandy

1973
John Paul Jones 6.0

John Paul Jones

as Sentry

1959
The Romantic Englishwoman 5.4

The Romantic Englishwoman

as Mr. Wilson

1975
Weird Woman 6.0

Weird Woman

as David Jennings

1944
The Jungle Captive 5.6

The Jungle Captive

as Don Young

1945
If You Knew Susie 7.3

If You Knew Susie

as Joe Collins

1948
I Wanted Wings 5.6

I Wanted Wings

as Jimmy Masters

1941
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

as Clark

1972
Ooh...You Are Awful 4.8

Ooh...You Are Awful

as American Man

1972
Operation Cross Eagles 5.6

Operation Cross Eagles

as Sgt. Turley

1968
Bomb at 10:10 5.6

Bomb at 10:10

as Professor Pilich / Profesor Pilić

1967
Pierre of the Plains 4.9

Pierre of the Plains

as Val Denton

1942
Over 21 6.7

Over 21

as Frank MacDougal

1945
Maneaters Are Loose! 10.0

Maneaters Are Loose!

as Kevin Pennington

1978
The Impatient Years 6.4

The Impatient Years

as Henry Fairchild

1944
Calling Dr. Gillespie 7.0

Calling Dr. Gillespie

as Roy Todwell

1942
Bomber Harris 7.8

Bomber Harris

as Lord Beaverbrook

1989
The Curse of a Faithful Wife

The Curse of a Faithful Wife

1972
The Adding Machine 6.7

The Adding Machine

as Don

1969
Starwoids 6.3

Starwoids

as Self

2001
Togetherness 4.6

Togetherness

as Everett

1970

TV Shows 19

American Playhouse 6.6

American Playhouse

as Lewis Strauss

1982
American Playhouse 6.6

American Playhouse

as Frank Karelsen

1982
Tales of the Unexpected 6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

as F. Milton Willis

1979
The Professionals 7.6

The Professionals

as Callahan

1977
The Troubleshooters 7.3

The Troubleshooters

as Harry Tobin

1965
The Protectors 6.1

The Protectors

as Adam Markos

1972
Interpol Calling 7.2

Interpol Calling

as Brownley

1959
Journey to the Unknown 7.0

Journey to the Unknown

as Dr. Charles Wilson

1968
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel 8.0

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

as Frank Rawlinson

1955
Colonel March of Scotland Yard 7.5

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Dr. Bryan Hayes

1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard 7.5

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Gordon

1956
Theatre Night

Theatre Night

as Sam Grassman

1957
Oppenheimer 6.7

Oppenheimer

as Lewis Strauss

1980
The Martian Chronicles 7.2

The Martian Chronicles

as Narrator

1980
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 6.2

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981
The Fortunate Pilgrim 6.2

The Fortunate Pilgrim

as O

1988
White Hunter 7.0

White Hunter

1957
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 7.0

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

as Jeremiah Cobb

1978
Dial 999

Dial 999

1958

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